Improvement in cartridge-holders



UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIGE.

ORMEL R. LUTHER., OF WOLCCTTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

l IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGE-HOLDERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 216,620, dated June 17',1879; application filed April 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that l, ORMEL R. LUTHER, of Wolcottville, in the county ofLitchtield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCartridge-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure l, a perspective View; Fig. 2, a vertical central section.

This invention relates to an improvementin devices for holdingcartridges on belts, bands, or jackets designed to be attached to thebody of the person intending to use the cartridges, and so as to holdthem in a convenient position for use, and generally for sportingpurposes; and it consists in the constructiomas hereinafter described,and particularly recited i in the claim.

make a slight intern al p1 ejection in the socket' above the tlange a atthe bottom, and so as to afford a slight obstruction to the introductionor removal of the cartridge, and so that when the headhas been forceddown by the obstruction bit rests freely between the said obstructionand the iange, but yet so that force being applied to the head throughthe opening in the bottom of the socket the cartridge may be easilyraised out of the socket.

Above the socket is a ring, C, concentric Y with the socket, and whichserves as a guard,

to hold the cartridge; and, preferably, the ring and socket areconnected bya metallic plate, d.

To introduce the cartridges, they need only to be forced down into thesocket. To remove them, place the thumb or finger upon the head of thecartridge through the openingin the socket, and press upward until thecartridge is raised above the obstruction b,- then it can easily beremoved.

For convenience, a finger-piece, D, is attaclled to the socket at thetop aud projecting slightly therefrom, so that in removing the cartridgethe thumb or one iinger may rest upon the piece D, while the other isplaced below the head.

While the obstruction is best made by the head of the rivet whichsecures the socket to the belt, it may be otherwise formed, it onlybeing essential that there shall be such an obv struction at apointabove the flange at the bottom of the socket in which the headrests, and so thatfthe elasticity of the ring will nl low the head topass up or down over the obstruction, and yet hold it when fully placedin the socket.

The socket lnay be used without the ring, as the engagement made uponthe head is sut'- iiciently strong for that purpose. In such case itmight be well to make the socket somewhat deeper, and so as to extendhigher up onto the shell; but it is preferable to use the ring.

The herein-described cartridge-holder, consisting of the socket- B,attached to belt or garment, and constructed with an open bottom andinternal fiange or rest, a, with an obstruction, b, above the said restc, so as to receive and hold the cartridge or allow its removaltherefrom, substantially as described.

O. R. LUTHER.

Witnesses:

WM. J. Monats, FRANK W. BUTLER.

